Lot 180
  • 180

Franz Kline

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Franz Kline
  • Untitled
  • signed

  • ink on paper
  • 23 by 18 1/2 in. 58.4 by 47 cm.
  • Executed circa 1955, this work is inscribed ZD 192 on the reverse.

Provenance

Estate of the Artist (ZD 192)
Betsy Ross Zogbaum, New York
Sidney Singer, Mamaroneck
B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago
Private Collection, Chicago
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

London, Mayor Gallery, Franz Kline 1910-1962: An Exhibition of Works on Paper, March - May 1977, cat. no. 12, illustrated

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. There is a slight undulation to the sheet which appears inherent to the artist's working method. There are scattered areas of fine and stable craquelure located in the thicker areas of impasto within the vertical passage. There are both scattered soft and hard creases throughout the sheet, primarily around the edges and corners. The sheet is hinged intermittently to the matte along the top edge verso. Framed under glass.
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Catalogue Note

This work will be included in the forthcoming Franz Kline two volume monograph and catalogue by Stephen C. Foster.